Sam 35
1 Kathutkung: Devit Oe BAWIPA, kai na ka tarannaw hah, taran van haw. Kai na katuknaw hah tuk van haw.
[By David.] Contend, LORD, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.
2 Taisawm hoi bahling lat nateh, kai kabawp hanelah kangdout haw.
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.
3 Tahroe hai patuem nateh, na kapâleinaw hah ngang haw. Ka hringnae koe vah na kaie rungngangnae doeh tie dei haw.
Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, "I am your salvation."
4 Ka hringnae la hanelah, kakâcainaw hah kayayeirai hoi awm sak nateh, runae poe hanlah kakâcainaw hah yawng sak nateh, lungpout hoi awm sak haw.
Let those who seek after my soul be put to shame and disgraced. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.
5 Kahlî ni vaikong palek e patetlah awm awh naseh. BAWIPA e kalvantami ni koung kahmat lah pâlei naseh.
Let them be as chaff before the wind, The LORD's angel driving them on.
6 Ahnimouh ni a dawn awh e lamthung teh, kahmot e, ka pâhnan e lam lah awm naseh. Hawvah, BAWIPA e kalvantaminaw ni pâlei naseh.
Let their way be dark and slippery, The LORD's angel pursuing them.
7 Bangkongtetpawiteh, a khuekhaw awm laipalah, ka kâman nahanelah arulahoi tamlawk a yap awh toe. A khuekhaw awm laipalah, ka bo nahane tangkom a tai awh.
For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
8 Pouk laipalah ahnimouh teh rawk awh naseh. Arulahoi tamlawk a yap awh e dawk amamouh kâman awh naseh. Amamae tangkom dawk amamouh bawt awh naseh.
Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.
9 Ka hringnae heh BAWIPA dawk a lunghawi vaiteh, a rungngangnae dawk a konawm han.
My soul shall be joyful in the LORD. It shall rejoice in his salvation.
10 Ka hru pueng ni, BAWIPA nang patetlah apimaw kaawm. Ahnimouh hlak a tha kaawmnaw thung hoi mathoenaw hah na rasa. Bokheiyah, mathoe hoi ka voutthoup e hah, ahnimouh karaphoekung thung hoi na rungngang toe, ati awh han.
All my bones shall say, "LORD, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?"
11 Kapanuekkhai kaphawk a tho awh teh, ka panue hoeh e naw hah na pacei awh.
Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I do not know about.
12 Ka muitha lungmathoe sak nahanelah, hawinae hah thoenae hoi a patho awh.
They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.
13 Hatei, kai niteh, a pataw awh navah, buri ka kâkhu, rawcahai hoi kârahnoum hoi ka o. Hahoi, ka ratoumnae teh ka lungthin koe letlang a ban.
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into my own bosom.
14 Hui hoi hmaunawngha ka khui e patetlah, manu hoi ka khui e patetlah ka kâhlai teh ka tabut.
I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.
15 Hatei, ahnimouh niteh, ka kangduenae a mathoe toteh, konawm laihoi a kamkhueng awh. Na ka tarannaw teh cungtalah a kamkhueng awh teh, hot hah ka panuek hoeh. Kâhat laipalah, koung na phi awh.
But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I did not know it. They tore at me, and did not cease.
16 Cathutlaipa e naw ni, pawibu vennae koe na panuikhai awh teh, a hâkam na kata sin awh.
When I tripped, they mocked me relentlessly; they gnashed their teeth at me.
17 BAWIPA nâtotouh maw sut na khet han. Raphoe hanlah kâcainae thung hoi na rungngang haw. Sendek koehoi ka hringnae hah hlout sak haw.
LORD, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.
18 Ka lentoe e kamkhuengnae koe, konawmnae lawk hah ka dei vaiteh, tami moikapap hmalah ka pholen han.
I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people.
19 Laithoehrawnghrang lahoi ka tarannaw ni kai dawk a konawm hanh naseh. A khuekhaw awm laipalah, na kahmuhmanaw ni, na hmaiet hanh naseh.
Do not let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause and wink their eyes.
20 Bangtelah tetpawiteh, roumnae lawk hah dei awh hoeh niteh, hete ram taminaw duem ao awh lahunnah, dumnae lawk dueng doeh a dei awh.
For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
21 A pahni na ang sin awh teh, vehveh, ka mit hoi ka hmu toe ati awh.
Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, "Aha. Aha. Our eye has seen it."
22 Oe BAWIPA, het heh na hmu doeh. Duem awm hanh. Oe BAWIPA, na hlat takhai hanh.
You have seen it, LORD. Do not keep silent. LORD, do not be far from me.
23 Ka Cathut hoi ka BAWIPA, kai dawk ka phat e lawkceng hane kabawp hanelah, kâhlaw nateh, thaw haw.
Wake up. Rise up to defend me, my God. My Lord, contend for me.
24 Oe BAWIPA, ka Cathut, na lannae lahoi lawk na ceng pouh haw. Kai dawk a konawm awh nahanh seh.
Vindicate me, LORD my God, according to your righteousness. Do not let them gloat over me.
25 Ahnimouh ni a lung thung hoi maimae lungngai akuep han toe, koung payawp awh han toe tet awh hanh naseh.
Do not let them say in their heart, "Aha. Aha. Our desire." Do not let them say, "We have swallowed him up."
26 Ka rucatnae dawk a lungkahawi e naw hah, kayak awh naseh. Kai lathueng kâoupnaw hah kayayeirai hoi awm awh naseh.
Let them be put to shame and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.
27 Ka lannae dawk kanawmkhaikung teh, lunghawi hoi la sak naseh. A san dawk a lung ka hawi e BAWIPA teh, pholen lah awm seh telah pou dei awh naseh.
Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous cause. And let them say continually, "The LORD be magnified, who delights in the peace of his servant."
28 Hahoi, ka lai ni na lannae lawk a dei vaiteh, kanîruirui nang na pholen han.
My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.
